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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... - gastric and breast ... DDX - Other causes ... Malignancies • Chronic
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
infection • Most common ... cause: Aspiration ... pneumonia • Chronic ... • Diminished breath ... #differential #causes
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
or trunk most commonly ... • Most commonly ... cancers, including lung ... , esophageal, breast ... Erythemas #comparison #table
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
pneumonitis (2) The case ... with areas of ground-glass ... attenuation and areas ... mid and lower lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
radiographic findings are areas ... or fibrosis in chronic ... or NSIP pattern ... consider drug-related lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Bleeding Risk for Various Invasive/Surgical Procedures
Low Risk:
 • Dental extractions (1 or 2 teeth), endodontic (root
hernia repair, colon ... surgery (e.g. breast ... • Non-cataract ophthalmologic ... replacement) • Lung ... Perioperative #Procedures #Table
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: The exact cause ... the acute flare; chest ... syndrome - chronic ... dominant inheritance pattern